its from Nagarhole tiger reserve..canon 600d,55-250mm,ISO 1600,1/2500,,f6.3,AV..hand held,full frame...
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its from Nagarhole tiger reserve..canon 600d,55-250mm,ISO 1600,1/2500,,f6.3,AV..hand held,full frame...
Nice sighting of a rare specimen. Nice pose captured. It is black-footed Grey Langur (Semnopithecus hypoleucos). Some classification into three or more sub-species have been attempted on the basis of extension of dark colour, I am not sure about the same. Thanks for sharing. SaktiWild
Nice one Jerry...an image like this seems to add to the argument that hypoleucos is more of a hybrid between the grey langur and the nilgiri langur and not a species on its own right....the resemblance is uncanny and the distribution adds to this argument.
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Roopak
As Roopak bhai said,i read in some books that ,its a Hybrid langur,a cross between Nilgiri and Grey langurs...And i seen this at the entrance of Nagarhole reserve forest.. it was very friendly with the villagers..Other than the common Grey langurs...
Nice to see the image of this species. According to IUCN classification this is Semnopithecus hypoleucos and the geographic range is in "south-western India (Goa, Karnataka and Kerala), centred on the western ghats. It is found in Molem in Goa in the north to the periphery of Silent Valey in the south. The total range covers over 35,000 square kilometers".
IUCN also mentions that some experts believe that this is a hybrid between Nilgiri langur and grey langur. For more check: http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/39838/0
Vivek Menon in his book Indian Mammals, A Field Guide, writes "In Southern India, Nilgiri Langurs and the Grey Langurs are known to produce hybrids where their ranges overlap".
yes Patra sir,I read that,i have that book ...Thnks for your informations..